6 types of syllables The major types syllables are 1) closed, 2) open, 3) vowel-consonant-e, 4) vowel digraph, 5consonant- le, and 6) r-controlled (Moats, 2000).

Closed Syllables the single vowel has consonant after it, making the vowel sound short (e.g., map, sit, cub, stop, bed)

Open Syllables contains a vowel at the end of the syllable, and the vowel usually says its long sound (e.g., go, me, Hi, ho/bo)

Vowel Consonant Silent e (Vce) The final e in a vowel-consonant-e (VCE) syllable makes the vowel long or "say its own name" (e.g., made, time, cute, vote, Pete).

Vowel Team/Digraphs (VT) A vowel digraph (or vowel team or vowel pair) syllable contains two adjacent vowels (as in rain, green, coil, and pause).

Consonant-le (Cle) A consonant-le syllable usually starts with a consonant that is part of that syllable. For example, bugle has a long u because gle stays together, making the first syllable in the word an open syllable, bu. In contrast, tumble contains tum and ble, with tum being a closed syllable. Little requires two ts to keep the i in lit short.

R-Controlled syllables (RC) Vowel sounds in r-controlled syllables often lose their identity as long or short and are co-articulated with /r/ (as in star, corn, fern, church, and firm).

whulp closed

clo open

thripe VCe

phalp closed

quaim VT

drope VCe

sparm RC

snoup VT

howm VT

phoint VT

blonskzurst blonsk (closed) zurst (RC)

smethrape sme (open) thrape (Vce)

zozipe zo (open) zipe (Vce)

parmble parm (RC) ble (Cle)

squirblocle squir (RC) blo (open) cle (Cle)

tiqueping ti (open) quep (closed) (-ing) closed

swojeened swo (open) jeened (VT)

gratiest gra (open) ti (y) (open) -est (closed)

prempling prem (closed) pl(e) (Cle) -ing (closed)

pretwaipled pre- (open) twai (VT) pled (Cle)

unmorfter un- (closed) morf (RC) ter (RC)

dedishier de- (open) dish (closed) i (y) (open) -er (RC)

dommunity dom (closed) mun (closed) i (open) ty (open)

inexteriant in (closed) ex (k) (closed) (s)ter (RC) i (open) ant (closed)

uncondributed un (closed) con (closed) drib (open) u (open) ted (closed)

agestive a (open) ges (closed) tive (closed)

befrudgingly be (open) frudge (closed) -ing (closed) -ly (open)

presmoampous pre- (open) smoam (VT) pous (closed)

subslipenesses sub (closed) slipe (Vce) -ness (closed -es (closed)

mishamped mis- (closed) hamped (closed)

reluntion re- (open) lun (closed) -tion (closed)

overcircumspeetious o (open) ver (RC) cir (RC) cum (closed) spee (VT) tious (closed)

gypsusable gyp (closed) sus (closed) a (open) ble (Cle)

disthyportment dis (closed) thy (closed) port (RC) ment (closed)

glamboyic glam (closed) boy (VT) ic (closed)

comquingment com (closed) quing (closed) -ment (closed)

chazingly chaze (VCe) -ing (closed) -ly (open)

sequentious se (open) quen (closed) -tious (closed)

nonthinitied non- (closed) thin (closed) i (open) ti (y)ed closed

redollided re- (open) dol (closed) lide (Vce) -ed (closed)

eggentric eg (ĭg) (closed) gen (jĕn) (closed) tric (closed)

extoiguish ex(k) (closed) (s)toi (VT) guish (closed)

shrowology shrow (VT) o(ä) (open) lo(ə) (open) gy(jē) (open)